The United Tiny House Association (Website) who organized the highly successful 2016 Georgia Tiny House Festival, and tiny house owner and enthusiast, Shorty Robbins, are doing the 2016 Florida Tiny House Festival.
As like the 5K+ attendee Georgia Tiny House Festival, there will be a large assortment of tiny houses and micro homes, work shops, presentations, lots of vendors, entertainment, children's activities and more. On-site camping will be available during the 2016 Florida event for those with tents, RVs, and traditional campers.
If you have a product or service of benefit and interest to our tiny house community, and would like to be a vendor at our event, download the form.
Admission:
Schedule of Events:
Friday, November 18, 2016
As like the 5K+ attendee Georgia Tiny House Festival, there will be a large assortment of tiny houses and micro homes, work shops, presentations, lots of vendors, entertainment, children's activities and more. On-site camping will be available during the 2016 Florida event for those with tents, RVs, and traditional campers.
The Florida Tiny House Festival is not taking place in Orlando, but St Augustine November 18-20 at their St Johns County Fairgrounds at 5840 State Road 207, Elkton FL 32033.
- Friday, November 18, 2016, 5PM-8PM
- Saturday, November 19, 2016, 9AM-9PM
- Sunday, November 20, 2016, 9AM-5PM
If you are interested in attending for FREE with your tiny house, vintage camper, or any other micro-mobile living structure, and are willing to open your home for tours and viewing during our event, please download the form and return it with photos of your tiny home.
If you have a product or service of benefit and interest to our tiny house community, and would like to be a vendor at our event, download the form.
Admission:
- Friday night (5PM - 8PM) is FREE and children ages 12 and under are FREE all weekend end.
- For Saturday and Sunday, the admission fee for everyone age 13 and older is $20.00 per day and $35.00 for 2-day admission. Plus you can reserve on-site primitive and premium campsites.
Schedule of Events:
Friday, November 18, 2016
- All Day: Vendor & Builder Set-up (Please contact us if you need to come in sooner to set up.)
- 9:00AM-2:00PM: FREE Field Trip Day for Public, Private and Homeschool Students. This is for pre-registered schools and students ONLY and is NOT open to the general public.
- 5:00PM-8:00PM: FREE to the public! Come out and enjoy the live music, visit with vendors & builders, and check out all the tiny houses. (Remember: Friday evening is FREE to anyone and everyone.)
- 5:00PM-8:00PM: Concession Sales Available
- 5:30PM: Outdoor Concert Begins (For more information about our 2016 Florida concerts and entertainers, please visit our web site.)
- 9:00AM: Gates Open
- 9:45AM: Main Stage, "Opening Comments and Announcements"
- 10:00AM: Vera Struck, “Revelations from the Silver Bullet Tiny House Sustainable Lifestyle Tour”
- 10:00AM: Mandy Lea, "Why Not"
- 11:00AM: John Kernohan, "Bringing Tiny Houses Together!"
- 11:00AM: Kari "Yurt Grrl" Cooper, "Yurt Grrl's Top Ten Tiny House Tips"
- 12:00PM: Main Stage, "Professional Builders and Vendors Q&A Panel"
- 12:00PM: Solar Workshop, "Presented Renogy at their booth area."
- 12:00PM: Composting Toilet Workshop, "Presented by Nature's Earthly Way at their booth area."
- 1:00PM: Felice Cohen, "How Living Small Made My Whole Life Larger"
- 1:00PM: Rene' Hardee, "No Experience Necessary"
- 2:00PM: Bonniellee Cuevas, "Homesteading"
- 2:00PM: Jewel Pearson (Ms. Gypsy Soul), "Following Your D.R.E.A.M.S. and Designing a Life You Love"
- 3:00PM: Jo-Anne Peck, "Tiny Homes for Historic Districts"
- 3:00PM: Brian Kennedy, "You're a GIANT and You Want to Live in a Tiny House: Unique, Sustainable Designs and the Ethics Behind Tiny Houses"
- 4:00PM: Derek "Deek" Diedricksen: Keynote Address, "Building for Less: How to Add Character to Your Build, While Saving Money at the Same Time
- (Between the completion of the 4:00PM Keynote Address and the incredible awesome concert scheduled for 6:00PM will be a great time to recharge, relax, have dinner from one of the great food concessions who will be in attendance, view the tiny homes, and visit with vendors.)
- 6:00PM: Outdoor Concert Begins (For more information about our 2016 Florida concerts and entertainers, please visit our web site.)
- Children's activities, food concession sales, continuous showings of Tiny House Expedition's documentary "Living Tiny Legally", and all the tiny homes will be available throughout the day.
- 7:30AM: Sunrise Yoga for campers & Saturday over-night paticipants... Bring your yoga mat. Namaste!
- 9:00AM: Gates Open
- 9:45AM: Main Stage, "Opening Comments and Announcements"
- 10:00AM: Jo-Anne Peck, "Overview of Zoning & Building Codes for Site Built Tiny Homes"
- 10:00AM: Mandy Lea, "Life on the Road: Finding the New Balance"
- 11:00AM: Andrew Bennett, "Tips to Buy or Build Your Tiny House on Wheels"
- 11:00AM: Vera Struck, "Design a Customized Sustainable Tiny Life"
- 12:00PM: Main Stage, "Private Tiny House Owners Q&A Panel"
- 12:00PM: Solar Workshop: Presented Renogy at their booth area.
- 12:00PM: Composting Toilet Workshop: Presented by Nature's Earthly Way at their booth area.
- 1:00PM: Tiny House Trailblazers (Bonniellee Cuevas & Jewel Pearson), "Tiny House Diversity & Inclusion: What That Means for the Tiny House Community at Large"
- 1:00PM: Rene' Hardee, "Building Little Rock"
- 2:00PM: Andrew Odom: Keynote Address, "Tiny Houses As Transition Homes"
- 3:00PM: Thomas Kerr, "How To Go Green When You Go Tiny"
- 3:00PM: Shorty Robbins, "My Historic Tiny Journey"
- 4:00PM: Brian Kennedy, "Reclaimed, Recycled, Repurposed: The How, What, and Why of FREE Building Materials"
- 4:00PM: John and Fin Kernohan, "Personal Growth During Your Build"
- 5:00PM: Main Stage, "Tiny House Awards Presentations, Prize Give-Aways, and Closing Announcements"
- Children's activities, food concession sales, continuous showings of Tiny House Expedition's documentary "Living Tiny Legally", and all the tiny homes will be available throughout the day.